Cambodia

>Litratong Pinoy #3: Nag-aapoy (Fiery)

Posted by The Insider on May 15, 2008 in Cambodia, Cambodia life, culture, Litratong Pinoy, rural, sights, sunsets | 0 comments

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Sunset over the Gulf of Thailand
Kep, Kingdom of Cambodia

Ang nag-aapoy na Haring Araw, ito ang napili kong litrato na sa tingin ko ay angkop sa tema natin ngayong linggo. Kuha ito sa bayan ng Kep kung saan ako ay naka-base sa loob ng apat na buwan noong taong 2007. Ang Kep ay napapaligiran ng Gulf of Thailand, at sa aking opinyon, ito ay may pinakamagandang sunset sa buong Cambodia. Kung inyong pagmamasdang mabuti, naglalagablab pa rin ang araw sa kabila ng unti-unting pagdilim ng kalangitan, na para bang pinaglalabanan ang pagsaklob ng dilim sa sanlibutan.

>Litratong Pinoy #3: Nag-aapoy

Posted by The Insider on May 15, 2008 in Cambodia, Cambodia life, Kep, Litratong Pinoy, sights, sunsets | 0 comments

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Sunset over the Gulf of Thailand
Kep, Kingdom of Cambodia

Ang nag-aapoy na Haring Araw, ito ang napili kong litrato na sa tingin ko ay angkop sa tema natin ngayong linggo. Kuha ito sa bayan ng Kep kung saan ako ay naka-base sa loob ng apat na buwan noong taong 2007. Ang Kep ay napapaligiran ng Gulf of Thailand, at sa aking opinyon, ito ay may pinakamagandang sunset sa buong Cambodia. Kung inyong pagmamasdang mabuti, naglalagablab pa rin ang araw sa kabila ng unti-unting pagdilim ng kalangitan, na para bang pinaglalabanan ang pagsaklob ng dilim sa sanlibutan.

>Wordless Wednesday #38 Drunken stupor?

Posted by The Insider on May 14, 2008 in Cambodia, Cambodia life, funny, Kamchai Mear, people, Wordless Wednesday | 0 comments

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No, he’s not really drunk.
He borrowed the whiskey bottle from another table and gamely posed for this shot 🙂
He is Long Dimanche, our Coordinator in the Prey Veng Pilot Project site. Being the head of the team on this part of Cambodia, he does all the preparations making sure everything is ready when I arrive to conduct workshops and meetings. After days of working in and with the community, we, locals and ex-pat staff alike, share what the locals call a solidarity dinner. Everyone gets cleaned up, all dust washed away, puts on new clothes, and wear our best smiles looking forward to a fun night. Dinner is usually accompanied by loads of karaoke singing (all Khmer songs), dancing, and drinks.

>Photo Hunt #21 Funny/Creative Signs

Posted by The Insider on Apr 27, 2008 in Cambodia, Cambodia life, China, culture, Photo Hunt, sights | 0 comments

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Hi, I am back for this week’s Photo Hunt. I was absent from my blogging duties and I want to start making up now…

It is not so difficult to find pictures for this week’s theme. Walking around the the streets of Phnom Penh (and China) is like walking around a treasureland of posters and signs where the message being relayed is far from being funny but ended up with a funny message anyway. Here’s some.

Let’s start from my own inbox:

I do not mind the mistakes in the content, but I DO mind the salutation…

At a hotel in Kampong Thom province:

Along the highway…

Here’s one from China…

Here’s one poster that I think is nicely done. The message being relayed is a serious one, and it is presented straight-to-the-point to the readers. Even the non-Khmers can the tell the issue right away…

For more funny/creative signs, just head over to the Photo Hunters HQ.

>Wordless Wednesday #37: Preparing to Work

Posted by The Insider on Apr 14, 2008 in Cambodia, Kep, night shots, people, rural, sights, sunsets, travel, Wordless Wednesday | 1 comment

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This is my Wordless Wednesday entry for the Tuesday-Wednesday edition. To join us, go to the Wordless Wednesday HQ.

>Litratong Pinoy #2: Tatlo ang Sulok Ko

Posted by The Insider on Apr 9, 2008 in buildings, Cambodia, culture, Litratong Pinoy, rural, sights | 0 comments

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Ito ang Cambodian wat o temple.
Kung nais na makitang mabuti ang detalye, paki-click ang litrato. Kung titingnan ninyo ng maigi, kapansin-pansin ang tatsulok na hugis ng roof o bubong nito. Ito ay karaniwang disenyo ng mga Buddhist wats dito sa Indochina, na kinabibilangan ng mga bansang Thailand, Burma, Laos at Cambodia. Ang litratong ito ay kuha malapit sa Oudong, may humigit-kumulang na 50kilometro ang layo mula sa capital ng Phnom Penh. Ang Oudong ang sinaunang capital ng bansang Cambodia, at dito matatagpuan ang iba’t-ibang maka-lumang stupa kung saan nakalagak ang mga labi ng mga namatay ng miyembro ng Royal family ng Cambodia.